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The Moon on Monday, April 7, 2014: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

First Quarter at

08:31UTC

Moon phase on April 7, 2014First Quarter

Monday 7 April 2014403,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 7, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,680 km250,835 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 30, 201418:45
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 7, 201408:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 15, 201407:42

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Monday, April 7, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 2014 to the new moon of April 29, 2014, a cycle of 29.48 days.